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G. I. DEINES.

I MATCH BOX. APPLICATION FILED APR- 26. 1915- RENEWED JAN. 8, 1918.

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- Application filed April 26,}.91'5, Serial No. 23,928. Renewed January8, 1918. Serial No. 210,947.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, GEORG J. DEINES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Russell, in the county. of Russell and State of Kansas, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Match-Boxes,- of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to match boxes and more particularly tomono-delivery match boxes, the principal object of the invention beingto provide simple and efficientmechanisni bywhich singlematch'es may beprojected from the safe or box into position to be rei noved.

Another object of the invention is to proride a match safe having adischarge opening removed from the hopper and with means for feedingsingle matches from the hopper into position to be projected through thedischarge opening for removal.

Still another object of the invention is to provide'a safe of thischaracter in which the matches are singly fed into position to beprojected through a discharge opening and in which the projectingmechanism is ar-' ranged to operate to project a single match throughthe opening uponeach retrograde 2i14')VQI1'lGI1i3 of the feedinginechanisnm- Further olnects of the invention w1ll appear as thefollowing vdr-ascription'is read in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, which forms a part of this application, and in which l Figure 1is a'front elevation.

2 is atop plan view with the cover plate removed.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation with the door and the upper portion of therearplate reniovcd'and showing the feeding plates in partially raisedposition. v

' Fig. 4 isa vertical sectional view on the line 44'of Fig. 3. i I

I Fig.5 is a horizontal section on theline 5+5 of Fig. 4..

-Fig. '6 is a detail perspective view of the discharge arm and itsassociated actuating shaft. I Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the topplate looking from the underneathside.

Referring more particularly to thedraw ing, 1 represents a caseconsisting of a front plate 2, side plates 3, bottom plate 4, top. 5 andrear plate or back 6 which latter part is provided with a door 7 whichmay opened to fill the hopper with matches,

as will be readily understood. Secured between the sides 3 and extendingvertically in echelon and in parallelism to the front 2 are partitionmembers 8 and 9. whose upper edges are inclined rearwardly as indicatedat. 10.. Between the partition member Qand the front plate there isslidably mounted a feeding plate 11 whose upper edge is also an inclineparallel with the inclination of the bottom 14: of the hopper andarranged to normally aline therewith. When in depressed position all' ofthe feeding plates rest upon a transverse shaft 16 which is journaled inabeariug plate 18 secured across the sides 3 adjacent the bottom l andcovered'by the rear plate 6. This shaft 16 carries an actuating lever 19slotted at 20 to free itself of the partition 9, the partition 8 beingcut away as shown 21 to permit the passage of said lever. This leverwhen the shaftis turned elevates all of the feedinr platessimultaneously, as will be more clearly hereinafter understood.

' Journaled-in a groove 22 in the plate 2 is a vertical shaft 23 havinga spiral groove 24 formed therein which is engaged by a pin 25projecting horizontally from the front of the feeding plate 11. Theupper end of the shaft carries a laterally or horizontally projectingarm 26 which i grooved to receive a match and which normally-lies atright anglesto the front 2. When turned by the pin 25 operatingwithinthe groove with the front 2' and over the top thereof, as is shownby the dottedlines in Fig. 2-. "In

this position the arm is adaptedto receive 24 the arm is thrown to aposition in a plane falling ofi' of the upper edge of the front uponwhich half of the match rests as will be readily understood the upperedge of the front has secured thereto aplate 27 which is provided with avertical retaining flange 28 arranged to engage that portion of thematch not held within the grooved arm 26.

' edge will be discharged upon the upper in elined edge ofthe partition8 and will be retained in such position until the upper edge of thefeeding plate 13 is brought into alinement with the upper edge of thepartition. 8 in the retrograde movement of the feeding mechanism and thefeeding plates are again elevated and the feeding plate 13 has its upperinclined edge alined with the partition 9. The'match then on the feedingplate 13 will drop onto the partition 9 and will subsequently bedischarged onto the feeding plate 11 when the parts next again assumetheir normal position. Upon the third raising of the feeding plates thematch which has now been discharged upon the upper'inclined edge of thefeeding plate 11 will be discharged ontothe plate 27 and arm 26 whichhas previously been turned to aline with the front and into parallelismwith the feeding plates. When the parts are again returnedtonormalposition by the gravity of the feeding plates theshaft 23 will be 7turned so that the arm 26 will be positioned at right 'angles to thefront and the portion of the match which rested upon the plate 27 willbe'projected through the opening 30, thus placing'the same in positionfor ready removal from the match case. It will be clearly understoodthat when the device is once started there will always be a matchresting upon'the top of each feeding plate and as one match isdischarged into the'projecting arm the succeeding lower matches whichhave been previously supported upon the feeding plates will bedischarged onto fiopiesof this patent may be obtained for the.partitions when the feeding plates are in their highest posltion andsubsequently V discharged onto the feeding plates when they are againlowered to have their upper edges aline with the partitions.

In order to prevent movement of the match in the grooved'arm 26 byreason of centrifugal force I preferably secure to the top 5 a guardplate 32 which covers the end ofthe grooved arm as will be readily seenfrom an inspection of Figs. 4 and 6. I also preferably secure to theplate an inclined guide rod 33 and a retaining strip 841 all of whichserve to prevent accidental discharge of the match from the arm 26, aswill be readily understood.

WVhat is claimed is 1. A mono delivery match safe comprising a casinghaving a discharge opening and a hopper, independent vertically movablefeed plates for arranging the matches in position to be projected singlythrough the opening, an operating lever arranged transversely below thefeed plates for their simultaneous operation, and means operated by amovement of one of the feed plates for projecting a match through theopening.

2. A mono delivery match safe comprising a casing having a dischargeopening and a hopper, a plurality of match supporting members arrangedin echelon, a plurality of sliding members arranged in echelon andassociated with the supporting members, a horizontal arm mounted to swininto position to receive a single match from the adjacent slidingmember, a rotatable shaft having a spiral groove and supporting said armand a lug carried by one of the sliding members and engageable with thespiral groove formed in the rotatable shaft, whereby, a movement of thefeeding means will swing the said arm.

3. A mono delivery match safe comprising a casing having a dischargeopening and a hopper, means for feeding the matches to the dischargeopening, said means including match supporting members arranged inechelon and associated with sliding memment of the match.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE JACOB DEINES.

v Witnesses:

JOHN G. BAMBER, J osnrrr S. VVENGER.

five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. G."

